- #1 Twin Souls, One World
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 苍穹星炎
Windows
Day after day, Zhong Tanyou lives a lonely life. He has no friends and is isolated by his classmates. He has also lost all his memories of his first year of high school. Then, one night, he has a strange nightmare. A white-haired girl appears in the dream, along with something else......
Why similar: Puzzle 23.8%, Exploration 23.5%, Adventure 18.7%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, 2D 8.8%
- #2 Wishlair
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Chronogears
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover weapons, items, and artifacts to help you on your quest. Vanquish the fearsome creatures that lurk in the shadows. Explore over a hundred rooms, learning the lore of the land, collecting the mystical Wish Shards, and unlocking the secrets of Wishlair.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.8%, Exploration 22%, Action-Adventure 21.2%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, 1980s 8.5%
- #3 Lumina:Last Bloom
96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: ねむは
Windows
Lumina: Last Bloom is an atmosphere-focused short adventure game about spending the final seven days with a girl afflicted by the mysterious “Hanazaki Disease.” Explore a quiet fantasy world, uncover memories through conversations, and experience an emotional story told through pixel-art visuals.
Why similar: Exploration 27%, Female Protagonist 26.8%, Action-Adventure 24.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #4 Cursed Town
95% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: RPG Adventures Team
Windows
Cursed Town is a game about the story of an old abandoned town, from the Medievo to Classic times this place has been used for many purposes.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.7%, Exploration 21.3%, 1980s 20.1%, Adventure 17.2%, 2D 8.2%
- #5 Droste Effect
94% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: ParasomniasGames
Windows
Explore the peculiar tale of Droste Effect, a captivating 2D puzzle game. Confront the mysterious past of your new home with Alexandra, uncover secrets, and manage your sanity in an intense adventure. Rediscover the power of memories as you dive into a past that will reshape your present.
Why similar: Puzzle 17.1%, Exploration 17%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Adventure 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.2%
- #6 False Earth
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DuffoPub: Breakbound Studios
Windows
Descend deep into the Earth beneath the Kola Superdeep Borehole, exploring underground layers as a geologist sent to investigate strange signals — and uncover that Earth is not what science believes it to be.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 23.9%, Puzzle 19.2%, Exploration 18.8%, Adventure 17.1%, Multiple Endings 13.1%
- #7 Little Girls Escapeventures
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Marine Minors
Windows · Mac · Linux
The girls face some slightly dangerous and perilous situations. Use your wits to overcome them. But it won't be easy, you know? Now, witness the fate of these slightly retro girls with your own hands.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.6%, Exploration 23.4%, Adventure 18%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #8 Meow Dream Home
92% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Team T1
Windows
🏠 Beautiful, hand-crafted rooms full of charm and personality 🐱 Adorable cats with unique poses and personalities 🎨 A gentle puzzle twist — place each object where it truly belongs 💖 Soothing music and cozy visuals for the ultimate relaxing vibe
Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.8%, Puzzle 28.4%, Exploration 22.8%, Casual 11.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #9 Where's My Body?!
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rajo
Windows · Mac
A top-down stealth game about a vampire’s disembodied soul infiltrating a cursed castle to reclaim her body. Scout as a spirit, possess guards/servants/beasts/contraptions, manipulate light and noise, solve puzzles, and choose when to unleash vampiric power—then vanish back into the shadows.
Why similar: Exploration 23.4%, Female Protagonist 22.5%, Action-Adventure 20.7%, Puzzle 19.3%, Adventure 6.8%
- #10 Neocense
91% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Tired Tortoise TribePub: Tired Tortoise Tribe
Windows
You explore the world of Cha as Amori, who has the ability to switch to the Realm of Living and the Realm of Passing. Switch between the realms to complete puzzles, perform spirit rituals and fight The Hunters in unique puzzle combat.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 29%, Puzzle 25.7%, Exploration 23.8%, Adventure 9%, 2D 8.7%
- #11 13 Candles
90% matchMostly Negative33% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: 13 Candles StudioPub: Jamk Games
Windows
13 Candles is an atmospheric horror game where you play as Sara, 13 year old girl who wakes up in an abandoned hospital. Find your way to the light switch and wake up from your nightmare.
Why similar: Exploration 27.4%, Female Protagonist 27.2%, Puzzle 21.9%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Adventure 9.2%
- #12 The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows
89% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Retrowave Studios
Windows
Michael Longhurst had just survived a terrible ordeal at Hartown Park. Two months later, he returns with his partner, Ethan. As they try and uncover the cursed history of the Longhurst Family.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.2%, Action-Adventure 18.4%, Exploration 17.8%, Puzzle 16.3%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #13 Manorbound
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Nutshell
Windows · Linux
Explore a manor trapped in a time loop and solve puzzles to uncover the manor's deepest secrets and break the cycle.
Why similar: Exploration 28.2%, Action-Adventure 24.3%, Puzzle 22.9%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Adventure 10.4%
- #14 CAASI remade
88% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: nahCeYmiK
Windows
본 게임은 '캐시'라는 어린 아이를 행복한 결말까지 인도하는 게임입니다. 처음 보는 곳에서 눈을 뜬 캐시는 당신의 인도를 따라 행복한 결말을 향해 나아갑니다. 어딘가 무섭고 서늘하지만, 그럼에도 아이에게 친절한 세계를 둘이서 함께 모험합니다.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.9%, Exploration 26.2%, Puzzle 21.6%, Adventure 8.5%, 2D 8.2%
- #15 冷泉-阈限空间
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Li Jun
Windows
A 2D psychological horror survival game with no weapons. Every time you enter, the map reorganizes itself. Walls can be broken with an ice axe. Invisible entities can only be tracked by the sound of their footsteps. In an endlessly looping liminal corridor, finding the exit is your only way out.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.5%, Exploration 27.1%, Puzzle 22.1%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, 2D 7.7%
- #16 IMA SURVIVOR
86% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Archor WrightPub: Archor Games
Windows
IMA SURVIVOR - Shipwrecked on a remote island, You have to try to survive on Your own.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 30.4%, Exploration 26.1%, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Adventure 21%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #17 Spruce Falls
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dave Ja
Windows
You're locked in a diner! But for a good reason. Someone chopped down the Grand Spruce, and the collateral damage is Big News. Figure out which of the many suspicious characters murdered the town's journalist by essentially bugging everybody.
Why similar: Exploration 19.4%, Female Protagonist 17%, Multiple Endings 14%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Puzzle 13.2%
- #18 Nightmare Nursery
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pothos' games
Windows
An old-school retro stylised horror where you play as an urban explorer, who has been intrigued by rumours regarding an abandoned nursery, with claims of hauntings and disappearances, now hidden by towering trees, left to be nothing but a forgotten memory in the public's eye.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.4%, Exploration 27.9%, Action-Adventure 26.1%, Adventure 9.4%, 1990's 7.4%
- #19 Space Rescue
84% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: FaMo4&FaMo5
Windows
Space Rescue is a special space adventure game.You will navigate a tiny spaceship to slip into the puzzle where the Energy Spinels hidden. They have to glide up and down, avoiding a series of obstrucles, and eventually carry the Spinels back to their mother planet.
Why similar: Exploration 30.3%, Action-Adventure 26.2%, Puzzle 24.7%, Adventure 11.2%, Casual 6.6%
- #20 CONDOMINIUM: NO EXIT
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GHOST TRAIN (HWADON, WAKONG)Pub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
As always, another ordinary day riding the train home. Yet what awaits beyond the door is a world of chaos, far removed from common sense. Your phone suddenly begins ringing like mad...
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.9%, Exploration 22%, Puzzle 19.2%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, 2D 7.7%
- #21 The Book of the Alchemist
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Umut Ay(00iblis00)Pub: İblisGames
Windows
1980s America. A dying doctor follows an ancient book to a fogbound town of disappearances and unsolved murders. Dark alchemy offers a cure—at a terrible cost. Will you die as a human being—or will you kill your humanity to survive?
Why similar: Action-Adventure 21.5%, Puzzle 17.5%, Exploration 17.4%, Adventure 14.5%, 1980s 12.5%
- #22 Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Crystal DynamicsPub: Amazon Game Studios
Windows
Experience a stunning reimagining of Lara Croft’s debut adventure to discover the lost secrets of Atlantis with jaw-dropping visuals, modern gameplay, and new surprises that honor the spirit of the original.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.3%, Action-Adventure 18.4%, Puzzle 17.6%, Adventure 17.1%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #23 Race for the Arctic
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Episod Studio
Windows
Race for the Arctic is a love letter to unsung heroes.
Why similar: Puzzle 25.5%, Exploration 20.7%, Female Protagonist 20.3%, Adventure 20.3%, Story Rich 13.2%
- #24 Wizwag
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: transmutrix
Windows
Explore a charming world in this handheld-inspired, top-down action adventure! Loot dungeons, triumph over gauntlets of enemies, and uncover secrets. Unlock new abilities that alter your play style, exhaust the randomizer, and build mastery of the fast paced, crunchy combat!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 23.7%, Exploration 20.6%, Puzzle 20%, 1990's 11.6%, Adventure 11.2%
- #25 Crimson Echoes
81% matchPositive91% of 46 reviews2024
Dev: seoulhs GDCPub: Jeonghyeon Moon
Windows
Crimson Echoes is a horror themed puzzle-adventure game. By solving various riddles and avoiding deadly traps, help Aria and her companions find her Uncle.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.7%, Exploration 23.8%, Adventure 18.7%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, 2D 10.3%
- #26 Seeking The Guardian
80% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: UiqooPub: Cursor Chasing Cat
Windows · Linux
「Seeking The Guardian」is a puzzle adventure game filled with puzzles and “impossible” puzzles. Within the stone cave engraved with legends of the Guardian, read the murals, solve the puzzles, and search for the exit.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.8%, Exploration 24.4%, Multiple Endings 15%, Adventure 11.4%, Story Rich 9%
- #27 Schoolgirl vs Fishman
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anti-Belphetan
Windows
Schoolgirls × Mermen × Sewers! A "drenched" horror adventure! Solve mysteries to find an exit, and decide: will you run or fight? Your choices branch the story. Can they escape this nightmare safely...?
Why similar: Action-Adventure 28.8%, Exploration 24.9%, Female Protagonist 19%, Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.8%
- #28 AX
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richard Roberts
Windows
Find the cure for Griztia's father! Explore a unique and dangerous world with secrets around every corner as you collect new tools and meet interesting characters. There are seven herbs said to be able to cure any ailment buried deep in perilous dungeons scattered throughout the wasteland!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 25.8%, Exploration 19.1%, Puzzle 16.6%, 1980s 13.5%, Adventure 13.1%
- #29 Dreams of the Void
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Desperia
Windows
May Campbell moved to the island of Cassiopeia years ago to live with her grandfather. Now, she tries to survive day by day in a rotting world. Solve puzzles, uncover truths, and help May see tomorrow's daylight in this strange narrative-driven exploration/puzzle game.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.9%, Exploration 19.3%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Puzzle 12%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #30 The Shadow of Shadows
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Stavros Aeneas Kokkineas
Windows
Lilith is a young Shadow that wants to be a Light. She embarks on a journey to learn how Light is made but is about to find out a horrible secret. Will you help her turn the tides?
Why similar: Exploration 21.6%, Puzzle 21.6%, Adventure 16.6%, 1990's 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #31 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
76% matchVery Positive94% of 3,287 reviews2024
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Puzzle 29.1%, Exploration 19.8%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Adventure 13%
- #32 Lonely White
78% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: NomaryPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
론리 화이트(Lonely White)는 단순하면서도 빠른 액션과 함께 탐색 요소가 주가 되는 흑백풍 어드벤처 RPG입니다.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22%, Exploration 20.2%, Action-Adventure 19.4%, Puzzle 17.9%, Story Rich 8%
- #33 Don't Return to Wonderland
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Krachware
Windows
A dark fairy-tale horror adventure inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Use mysterious powers to forge your path and confront the horrors lurking within a world that is both adorable and cruel.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 19.1%, Puzzle 15.6%, Exploration 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #34 Crown of Thorns
76% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Tangled Web Games
Windows
An atmospheric, top-down mystery/adventure game. Explore parallel versions of an old castle: one pristine, one ruined. Study scripture and lore, solve riddles, unearth secrets, dispel magic barriers. Find, confront, and defeat what lurks beyond the seal in the throne room.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27%, Exploration 26.4%, Puzzle 21.6%, Adventure 8.5%, 2D 8.4%
- #35 Riley & Rochelle
75% matchPositive92% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Owlskip Games
Windows
Uncover the lives, losses, and stories of two musicians from opposite sides of the tracks as they become superstars, fall in love and fall apart in this 90s narrative puzzle game.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.7%, Exploration 21%, Puzzle 18.6%, 1990's 10.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #36 The Night Shift
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: thetaa7
Windows
You're the 14th observer at an isolated NOAA weather outpost. Thirteen names came before yours on the duty roster. A text-driven horror mystery — three branching routes, ten endings, one night at Station 13 that never reads the same way twice.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 25.3%, Exploration 20.5%, 1980s 16.5%, Adventure 16.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #37 Supernatural Archives:The Frontrooms
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Carbonated Rabbit
Windows
A first-person light psychological horror exploration game. Explore unknown spaces, observe environmental anomalies, discover hidden clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets behind the Frontrooms.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.5%, Action-Adventure 25.5%, Exploration 18.6%, Adventure 11.2%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #38 Cypress Legacy
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Cypress Inheritance, LLC
Windows · Mac
As Lorna you have now learned of Alfred Cypress, your grandfather. You have also encountered the technology he has invented and now you have gained access to a few of the virtual training areas he has created. This particular one is located in a mansion to help learn more about how him.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 27.2%, Exploration 23.6%, Adventure 19.1%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #39 Foxlore
73% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Filo the Floof
Windows
Foxlore is a surreal puzzle-adventure game following Filo, a fox who discovers an ancient relic shrouded in mystery and imbued with immeasurable power. Navigate through a world in decay, solve intricate puzzles, and unravel the story that binds the fate of Filo to the powerful relic.
Why similar: Exploration 27.4%, Puzzle 26.7%, Adventure 13.5%, Story Rich 11%, 2D 10.7%
- #40 IRONWAKE
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Enunion TeamPub: Enunion Team Publishing.
Windows
A linear single-session psychological horror. Your mind is uploaded into an old Soviet robot sealed inside a dead bunker. Stealth in the dark, puzzles inside dying machines, and one voice on the radio guiding you. Find the clues and change how it ends.
Why similar: Exploration 27.1%, Action-Adventure 24.1%, Puzzle 22.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #41 D-topia
70% matchVery Positive88% of 160 reviews2026
Dev: Marumittu GamesPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Step into the world of D-topia in this gentle-paced puzzle adventure. In D-topia, life is curated by artificial intelligence to maximize happiness. As the newest Facilitator, it’s up to you to solve puzzles to keep the D-topia residents happy and the facility running.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.5%, Exploration 29%, Adventure 26%, Casual 12.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #42 J and the Sewer World
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: KellenKyo
Windows
J accidentally kicks a ball, sending it into the manhole. Determined to recover it, he decides to enter the sewer. However, upon exploring the place, he realizes that the ball is not where he imagined, leading him into a restless search throughout the sewer.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 27%, Exploration 21.7%, Adventure 17.8%, 1980s 15.7%, 1990's 10.3%
- #43 Tattoo Dungeon
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Jaboc
Windows · Linux
Tattoo Dungeon is an action-adventure style platformer, where you play as a tattoo apprentice who gets thrown into the midst of an invasion of other-dimensional tattoo monsters, all while trying to find your mentor's lost tattoo flash!
Why similar: Exploration 33.2%, Action-Adventure 28.4%, Adventure 14.1%, 1990's 13.2%, 2D 10%
- #44 Three Mazeketeers
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Great Conspiracy Theory
Windows
Help these girls to finish the task by journeying through the labyrinth. Use different forms to see different perspectives and to tackle various challenges. Solve puzzles, make ways through the labyrinth, and find the source of the problem by utilizing all the abilities you have.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.6%, Exploration 22.7%, Action-Adventure 21.8%, Puzzle 20.3%, 2D 7.4%
- #45 Blacklight Protocol
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bucket of Fish
Windows · Mac
Armed with nothing but a flashlight, your intuitions, and each other; you and your partner have set out to uncover the lost history of “Lab 257.” Only through teamwork will you succeed in navigating the labyrinths below. Will the encroaching darkness bring you together, or will it tear you apart?
Why similar: Exploration 28.9%, Action-Adventure 25.4%, Puzzle 23.8%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Adventure 9.3%
- #46 bluem
72% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: team bluem
Windows
The story of 1 robot and 1 cat
Why similar: Action-Adventure 32.8%, Story Rich 19.8%, Puzzle 18.8%, Adventure 15.6%, 2D 10.4%
- #47 School Quest
69% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Pretty Bird Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro point-and-click adventure set in a 1980s high school, where a wisecracking teen investigates a missing friend, dodges bullies, and uncovers a bizarre conspiracy lurking in the halls.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.3%, Exploration 21.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Story Rich 10%
- #48 Virago
71% matchMixed53% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: Sunday AkorPub: Honest Chronicle
Windows
Virago is a 2D adventure platformer about a young girl called Willow, who after an incident with her stalker she begins to suffer from hallucinations which affects her psychologically and emotionally.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.4%, 1980s 18.7%, Puzzle 18.2%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Adventure 9.6%
- #49 The Erased Student
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: VimmGames
Windows
First-person horror game set in an abandoned Soviet-era school. You play as a Russian father whose son vanished years ago. Explore the decaying building, read forgotten letters, follow clues, and uncover a dark and disturbing truth.
Why similar: Exploration 27.1%, Puzzle 26%, 1990's 20%, Adventure 13.4%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #50 Hot Beaver Camp
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: TecnoHillPub: TecnoHill™ Studios
Windows
Enter a world of horror and suspense, in this RPG action game, fight to survive, rescue and escape alive from a camp in the middle of the forest.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.8%, Exploration 19.6%, Action-Adventure 18.3%, Multiple Endings 13%, 1990's 8.9%
- #51 Dream
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R-Next
Windows
Dream is a 2.5D adventure where Luna explores the dream world while conquering dreamlike mazes by rotating the environments to uncover poem fragments and memories of her late father, seeking the warmth of his lost embrace through non-linear puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 25%, Female Protagonist 24.1%, Exploration 22.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #52 Weeping Falls Massacre
68% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2022
Dev: Tainted Pact
Windows
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 21.1%, Exploration 18.8%, Puzzle 18.2%, 1980s 17.7%, 1990's 11.8%
- #53 Kun’tewiktuk: A Mi’kmaw Adventure
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Green Robot Studios
Windows
Kun’tewiktuk: A Mi’kmaw Adventure is a fantasy adventure game inspired by Mi’kmaw legend and folklore. It chronicles the adventures of siblings Wasuek ("Flower") and her brother U'n ("Fog"). They get separated one summer morning and they go on an adventure through the spirit world to reunite.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.6%, Exploration 26.3%, Action-Adventure 26.3%, Story Rich 10.6%, Adventure 6.3%
- #54 Ittle Dew
69% matchVery Positive92% of 1,346 reviews2013
Dev: Ludosity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Adventuress Ittle Dew and her sidekick Tippsie crash onto a strange island, filled with loot and mysterious inhabitants. It quickly dawns on the duo that this might become their biggest adventure yet.Ittle Dew boils down the classic adventure formula until there is only fun left.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.5%, Puzzle 31.1%, Adventure 18.4%, Exploration 10.1%, 2D 5.1%
- #55 Dawn Bell
65% matchVery Positive96% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: USAGI STORE
Windows
She wakes up in a mysterious castle. "Dawn Bell" is a side-scrolling 2D horror adventure where a girl with no memory explores the castle. Use items and clues to solve puzzles and uncover her lost past. Your choices shape the story's multiple endings. What truth awaits beyond the doors of memory?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.6%, Exploration 19.7%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Puzzle 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #56 Veranoia: Nightmare of Case 37
67% matchVery Positive81% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Horrawr
Windows
Play as Vera the gifted detective who can dive into nightmares of deceased to resolve their death mysteries, But.. Things don't always go your way, You're not alone. the threats are greater than your capabilities, are they? 3D Psychological Horror Game Project by the one-person studio "Horrawr".
Why similar: Action-Adventure 28.3%, Exploration 24.5%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Adventure 14.3%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #57 The Night Of The Inquisitor
67% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: ZombiebyteGames
Windows · Linux
A VHS/PS1 Survival Horror Experience! Play as Emilia, a young woman cursed by an ancient rosary, transported into the Realm of the Inquisitor, a surreal dimension filled with the ghosts victims of the Inquisitor himself. Solve puzzles, free ghosts, and escape the Inquisitor!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 15.4%, 1980s 15.1%, Exploration 13.7%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Puzzle 11.7%
- #58 Hapervil
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anvia Studios
Windows
Play as Amaya and Wil, navigating a forsaken orphanage where secrets lurk in the dark. Solve puzzles, uncover hidden truths, and survive a psychological horror tale where innocence twists into nightmare and shadows patiently wait to strike.
Why similar: Exploration 22.7%, Action-Adventure 21%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, Puzzle 19.8%, Adventure 7.3%